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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by chordalkeyboard on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @11:05PM (#31916000)
in the 1980s Reagan's defense department executed a series of (still classified) missions using an all-military crew taking the shuttle to the moon known as Project Athena.
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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by a_t48 on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @11:20PM (#31916098)
Gonna have to ask for a source on that one.
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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by Aarostotle on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @11:53PM (#31916301)
I think this was the crew with Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck.
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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by KMag on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @12:02AM (#31916358)
Dude, the Space Shuttle totally had enough delta v to get to the moon. If you don't believe me, why don't you ask Louie Armstrong yourself? /s (I know the xkcd I'm ripping of says Lance Armstrong, but I like the idea of a jazz musician on the moon better than the idea of a troubled athlete.)
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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by ben-gy on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @02:05AM (#31916981)
That may be the case, but still keen for a source referencing that particular usage…
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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by KMag on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @08:56AM (#31919482)
I think you missed the "/s". There's no way the Space Shuttle Launch System has enough delta v to reach the moon. For one, the need the IUS or another booster on satellites released by the Space Shuttle that need to make it to geosynchronous orbit, which is still significantly less delta v than a translunar orbit.
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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by chordalkeyboard on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @12:47PM (#31922659)
they rendezvoused with a separately launched fuel supply while in earth orbit
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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by borissk on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @02:10AM (#31917013)
Did they visit the secret Nazi base on the Far Side of the Moon? /s
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